Lots going on in the studio right now! One of the biggest challenges I am facing is documentation. For each work I create, a certain amount of paperwork needs to be established for each work, before I make it available for sale. As I had promised to several collectors, I am trying to offer ‘previews’ of artwork here on the blog, before the items are listed in my shop.
Here’s another piece that I hope to list later today or tomorrow:
This is a 24″ x 18″ and I’ve been having a difficult time getting a decent photo of it. Though digital photography has made almost instantaneous visual communication more feasible, it’s still a challenge for many artists to get ‘decent’ photos of their work. Here’s a good article I read recently on the subject called Digital Image Troubleshooting.
Also I have other projects in mind other than paintings that need attention. As an artist, the finished work is certainly the most important in developing my reputation, however the process of creation does not function well for me in a vacuum. Each painting is a visual record, that reflects what I am reading, thinking and investigating. If I were a better writer, I believe I would have enjoyed journalism because writings that take human endeavors under the lens of study in an objective way fascinate me.
One such book that I’d recommend to any artist is Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton. Again, here’s why I’m NOT primarily a writer; I’m pretty sure I should have listed that first linked article in quotes, rather than as an underlined entry, but my computer doesn’t seem to want to let me go back and change it…